Why do you hate or love Oprah?

[Gidget]

I will start. I hate Oprah because she is always preaching about living a more humble life, saving the planet, and trying to put yourself in the shoes of those less fortunate, but yet she complains (A LOT) when she stays in a less than 5 star hotel.

[landpoke]

I hate her because, as a man, I fear what a strong woman means to the status quo and the continuance of man's hegemony over woman.

And because she puts herself on every damn cover of "O" The Magazine. And the misleading nature of the title of "O" The Magazine.

I could go on.

[il Padrino Ute]

I don't hate her.

I just think she's an idiot.

And I didn't realize you meant you really were going to start another thread. I thought you were being a sarcastic Oprah fan.

You got me.

[Gidget]

Well I do enjoy watching the show a bit. But mainly because of my ridiculous interest in other people's lives, like actors, musicians, etc. Oprah can suck it.

[pelagius]

I hate her because, as a man, I fear what a strong woman means to the status quo and the continuance of man's hegemony over woman.

And because she puts herself on every damn cover of "O" The Magazine. And the misleading nature of the title of "O" The Magazine.

I could go on.

please do

[landpoke]

please do

Actually I can't, it just seemed like the traditional way to end a rant.*




*Damn you rhyme, why must you seep into everything I do?

[RockyBalboa]

Oprah can suck it.

Stedman is probably wishing she would.

[Gidget]

Stedman is probably wishing she would.

Hey now, be nice, they aren't even married.

[UtahDan]

I hate her because she is fresh evidence that the masses prefer tacky garbage. I love her because she has, apparently, done a great deal of good with the money she has amassed being a purveyor of tacky garbage. It really is a classic American parable if you think about it.

[marsupial]

I hate Oprah because she pushes all this find your "true self" pop psychology garbage that I honestly think does more damage than good. I hate Oprah because she gave us Dr. Phil.

I would stop hating Oprah if I could get tickets to one of her "favorite things" episodes.

[Gidget]

I would stop hating Oprah if I could get tickets to one of her "favorite things" episodes.

Amen.

[cougjunkie]

I hate her because she is overweight.

[TripletDaddy]

Oprah bugs because

She is more a brand than a person. She sets herself up as this one-woman eleemosynary wrecking crew, when in reality, she charges anyone and everyone massive product placement fees. Most of what she gives away wasn't even hers to give away to begin with.

Speaking of which.....her O "magazine" has more ads than actual written content. Why? Printing ads generates revenue. Commissioning authors to write articles eats away at revenue.

She has this tremendous sway with largely-uneducated middle America, and with that sway she encourages them to read nonsense drivel love stories. Why not encourage all her readers to check out Dickens, Frost, Robert Louis Stevie, Steinbeck, Tolstoy, Bronte, or a whole slew of pet authors/poets...maybe some Isaac Asimov, JD Salinger, Joyce, Keats, etc. In short, why not make it cool to read GOOD books? I know....because she doesn't read them either and those authors are dead and won't pay her product placement fees to be on her list.

She named her company Harpo, which is Oprah spelled backwards.

She yells the names of celebrities when they come out on her stage.

She keeps telling everyone how fat she is, then how thin she is, then how fat she is again. Maybe she should spend less time saving the world and more time on a treadmill.

She lives in the only address that is on the East side of Lakeshore Drive in Chicago.

She acted hypocritically by being Obama's biotch all year long but didn't give equal airtime to McCain, Romney, or anyone that was not Obama. Yet she breaks her arm patting herself on the back about how "involved" she is in the political process.

She has Bono syndrome......now that she is famous, I guess everyone needs to know what she thinks about every political/social issue under the sun.

She went to Paris and threw a fit because Hermes wouldn't open the store up for her after hours. She also accused Hermes of racism, when in reality, Hermes likely didn't think she was a big enough celeb to merit giving her the Princess Di treatment.

I love Oprah because:

Despite being a product placement whore, she also gives away gobs of money, builds schools, and at least pretends to care about others.

She did a really good job in The Color Purple, despite little to no serious formal training in acting.

She had a nice cameo in 30 Rock....a pop culture status symbol that is heading towards Simpsons cameo icon status, depending on the longevity of 30 Rock.

She is black! (http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008...black-friends/)

[landpoke]

She has this tremendous sway with largely-uneducated middle America, and with that sway she encourages them to read nonsense drivel love stories. Why not encourage all her readers to check out Dickens, Frost, Robert Louis Stevie, Steinbeck, Tolstoy, Bronte, or a whole slew of pet authors/poets...maybe some Isaac Asimov, JD Salinger, Joyce, Keats, etc. In short, why not make it cool to read GOOD books? I know....because she doesn't read them either and those authors are dead and won't pay her product placement fees to be on her list.

To her credit she had a nice little run from '03 to '05 and a few other decent books scattered here and there. The only reason I know this is I picked up a copy of East of Eden that proclaims it is an Oprah's Book Club selection.

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahsb...0701_orig_list

[SeattleUte]

I love Oprah. Who has done more than her to make unsung brilliant writers rich and famous and give the classics cache with otherwise tube addicted mornic masses? I don't care about her faults against this overarching virtue.